Health minister lays foundation of Rs 9.8 crore utility centre at SCB

Cuttack: Health and Family Welfare Minister Pratap Jena on Tuesday laid the foundation stone for a central utility centre at SCB Medical College and Hospital here to be constructed at a cost of Rs 9.8 crore.

The utility centre will maintain coordination with all doctors and students and will have a cafeteria, parking lot and other institutional facilities, Jena said.

The four-storey utility centre will come up on a land sprawling over 44900 square feet.

The health minister also inaugurated a gymnasium and a library on the hospital premises constructed at a cost of Rs 60 lakh. While the ground floor of the building has a parking lot, the first floor has the gymnasium and the second floor has the library.